25NL - QQ - ace on board

[pena]

MP: no reads so far on him (only 5 hands)

Solid hand and scary overcard flops.
What to do on the flop? Is flop bet too high?

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SB ($32.05)
<font color="#C00000">Hero ($5.15)</font>
UTG ($9.20)
<font color="#C00000">MP ($14.05)</font>
CO ($25.30)
Button ($14.70)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q/images/graemlins/club.gif, Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
UTG calls $0.25, <font color="#CC3333">MP raises to $0.75</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $1.8</font>, UTG folds, MP calls $1.05.

Flop: ($3.95) 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif, J/images/graemlins/heart.gif, A/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $3</font>, MP calls $3.


Final Pot: $10.80

[Genz]

No, it's not too big and it's pretty standard. But you have to assume that you are in trouble now. He raised preflop, so an A is likely. He could have a PP but that needs to be as low as TT so that you beat it. He raised a limper from MP. So on average I assume that he doesn't raise 99 and lower there. Same goes for smaller SCs that could have a draw here. So when he calls you are way behind most of his range. With your reraise preflop that got called, I can't really assume that he has KJ or QJ here. And he can't have a flush draw with it, because both high cards are hearts. And unless he is a nit who will fold TP with a kicker that he considers sub-par or a calling station who actually goes to SD with KJ or some gutshot here, you should shut down on the turn, because you have no read indicating this.

[eigenvalue]

It's important to bet in this spot because it's a reraised pot. Without an A, he will have a hard time to call you. But after he called your bet, you should go to check-fold mode now.